The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALb. The malignant interest shown by Russia in the Canadian insurrection is not confined to the remote posts of New Archangel, or the banquet-contributions of Admiral Kup reseman, r, hich have been mentioned in the French Papers, and in the Times of yesterday. We have the best means of knowing that direct overtures have been made by a Russsian agent in New York, under the disguise of a Polish refugee, to the Poles in this country. Money was lavishly offered to convey recruits to the frontier, and to equip them in the United States. The party of the Ca nadian patriots was insidiously identified with those sacred rights of national independence which have more claim than any mercenary cause upon the sword of a Polish sol dier. Fortunately, the character of the agent was not un known to the Poles in England, and their good sense and proper feeling led them to reject with contempt proposals evidently suggested by the desire of embarrassing the Bri tish Government in North America on the one hand, and of rendering the Polish cause unpopular in England on the other.—Times. The Standard of Monday evening contains a paragraph which we presume it means to pass off for a contradiction of the article in the Morning Chronicle of Thursday last, pointing out the gross mis-statements of the Flag Officer's pamphlet. The Standard first asserts that we limited the effective strength of the French marine to eleven ships of the line. No such statement appears in our article. We fully admit the convenience of the course adopted by our Contemporary, of first putting into the mouth of its oppo nent the sentence which it is intended to contradict ; bu our readers will probably entertain the same opinion a:. ourselves of its fairness. Now for the contradictions. The Standard professes to have ascertained that the Flag Officer's list of the French ships of the line, in " commission or ready for it," " has been copied from the French official return." Will our Contemporary condescend to particulars, and tell us what return is here referred to? We did not say that the ships enumerated by the Flag Officer as " now in commission or ready for it," never appeared in a Frencl, navy list, but we did say, and we repeat it, that several them have ceased to exist. We wrote, and are writing now, with the last French official return before us ; and we def 3 our Contemporary, or the Flag Officer, to show that ans of the number which we asserted to have been broken up, burnt, or lost, are now in existence, or that any of ;the number that we stated to be " hulks" or " building," are, as affirmed by the Flag Officer, " ready for commission." The Standard next relies on a supposed statement made by the Secretary of the Admiralty in 1836, that " nest summer (1837) France would have in active service 28 sail of the line. We were somewhat suspicious when we found a reference as to what passed in the House of Commons in a pamphlet by a naval officer. We have since taken the trouble of referring to the more authentic records of de bates in Parliament. In the " Mirror of Parliament," which contains the fullest account of the debate, we find what we have no doubt Mr. Wood really did say : " From the best information we have, I believe France will have twelve ships of the line at sea next summer." The Courier, we observe, represents Mr. Wood to have said twenty-eight ships afloat —but in not one of the reports of the speech can we find the expression of " twenty-eight sail of the line in active service." The next time our Con temporary bids us reconcile contradictory statements, we hope it will, at least, quote them correctly.—Morniug Chronicle. A junta of persons calling themselves the' Committee of the Loyal and Constitutional Association of Birmingham," have taken it into their heads to get up a gastronomic ex hibition in the " Midland Metropolis," on the 18th instant. We presume that no one can be at a loss to understand the objects contemplated by the intended feed. The affair has its origin in a desire to make a grand Conservative demon stration in a place which has long enjoyed the distinction of being the stronghold of Radicalism. We shall keep our eyes on it, and shall not fail duly to report to our readers, when " the great, the important day" has arrived, how the affair comes off. Among the personages of greater •r less note who are to feed and figure on this occasion, there is one whose exhibitions are likely to attract peculiar attention—Sir Francis Burdett is to be there. In an swer to an invitation sent him in the name of the Committee, by a person calling himself " Edward Arm field," and dated from a place with the outlandish name of " Edgbastou ;" in answer to this invitation, the apostate Baronet " loses not a moment" in informing the " loyal and constitutional men of Birmingham"—in other words, the Tories of that town—that he will " make •ne" amongst them on the 18th inst. But the epistle alto gether is too great a curiosity to be lost. Here, therefore, it is :—" 1 lose not a moment in replying to yours of the 30th, just put into my hand, for an early acknowledgment of it may be useful and satisfactory to you and the object you had in view in writing it. I accept, Sir, not reluc tantly, but most cordially and cheerfully, the invitation you have done me the honour to transmit, and proud of being called upon to co-operate with every class of my country men honestly attached to the civil and religious liberties of England, who, with sense enough to comprehend, and con sequently, to justly estimate its glorious and unrivalled insti tutions in Church and State—its well-balanced powers, or ders, and degrees, all verging to one point—true liberty—and 'having been productive of a state of wealth, happiness, and senown unparalleled in the history of the ancient, and un exampled in the present time, I am proud of being thought worthy of being called upon at an hour of apprehended danger to be aiding and uniting with the rest of my coun trymen who think as I do, to leave no exertion unemployed in its defence, maugre the Pope, the Precursors, paid pa triot, and pretender. On the 18th I shall have the plea sure of making one amongst you at Birmingham " The jumbling of words in this epistle exceeds anything we ever s witnessed. But leaving the words and coming to things, wt' see confusion worse confounded. We have the " civil an d religious liberties of England"—" its glorious and un rivalled institutions in Church and State"—" its well-ba lanced cowers, orders, and degrees, all verging to one point," and abundance of other jargon besides. We hope the renegade :ejected of Westminster will treat the Bir xn*ham Tories i s o similar nonsense, in return for the din ner to which they have invited him, and thus make them, ss well as himself, the laughing-stocks of the whole coun try.—Morning Advertiser. The question of opening the London Post-office on Sun days continues to engage the great share of public atten tion to which it is so well entitled. This measure we sin cerely hope, and no less confidently believe, will never be adopted. We regret that suggestions favourable to it—sug ge'tions as crude and ill-considered as they are irreligious —should have been hazarded before the Parliamentary Committee by certain of the Post-office authorities, and can by no means either condemn or deplore the strenuous and .active opposition, the natural result of suggestions so mis chievous and impious, which we see preparing in many most respectable and influential quarters against alterations of the Post-office system, in themselves neither irreligious nor inexpedient, were it not for the connection which some - _ of the wiseacres of the Post-office have contrived to esta -- - - Ilish in the public mind—between them - and a whole s Ile scheme of Sabbath desecration thatin the metropolis. does seem absurd s It certainlywhile the mail coaches come into London every tnerning, a nd leave it every Sunday night, all the t let b te n r d s ay which they bring in from every part of the country, forward by forwarded through London, instead of being sent oby the mail of that night, should be locked up in London for The twenty-four ad ditional hours to wait the Monday's mail. unequal operation of this regulation is alone sufficient t to prove its a absurdity. For instance, a man living St. Albans, whose rel a ti ves , f r iends, and other habitual correspondents without reside furth er nor th than himself, receives his letters the least interruption on account of Sunday ; while his next door neighbour, whose relations, friends, and other habitual correspondents liv e beyond London to the south, is compell e d to submit to a delay of twenty-four hours in the of i delivery letters whenever Sunday intervenes be tw,-'en the d ay of their their . destinatio n . If being p os t e d an d that of reac hi ng a man resides at Hounslow h e may w r it e to hi s friend or correspondent at Bath or Bris tol, or . anywhere in the west, hislate o n S a t ur d ay n i g ht, or at any time on the Sund ay , and letter w ill b e conveye d b y the Sunday mail ; but tohisfrend or corres p on d ent w h o or Lincol n h e h as no h a ppens to reside at Northamptono In cases of ur gency , h ow . reg ular means of expediting any communic a ti on b e t ween Satu,rday night and Monday Il i ev er, irregular means c a n be found. Any n of th e western coach men who drive th rou g h liounslow, it int o th e ' willfor a s hilli ng take charge of a letter, undertake t hands of one of his brethren of th e whipp who who d r i ves to the north, and , when the latter has ia Post-office at Barnet , it g oes ri g ht awa y , j u st as t if it the not passed through L ondon at all, or as if the i,otn- had i P o st-office was not a barrier to inter-provincial oomrnu" mication. All this to be su re seems very wretched work when it is considered that the evil might be effect ua ll y cured by the employment , on the Sunday morning, before -.the hours of Divine Service, of a dozen or two of men at th e Wondon Post-office. Necessary or natural connection be tween the cure of this evil and the liberty of posting or re c -nving letters in London on the Sunday there is obviously me , rye. The only connection that exists between the two con , fists in the appehension which the Post-office authorities have tooJishly excited, that the former might eventually lead to' the latter. We think the well-meaning and religious part of the community are fully justified in resisting to the utmost, ally alteration in the Post-office system which will require tl se employment of a single additional man on Sun days, until every ground of apprehension as to any design of opening the Post-office on the Sabbath is completely re , , moved. Nor is it difficult to point out a very efficacious ay , d not only unobjectionable but highly meritorious le of removing it. Let the Post-office be re q uired by rrio._ law t oipreserv e the sanctity of the Sabbath in the count i es as wed l as in the papital of England. Wh y shou ld the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1838. merchant; of Liverpool ;or Bristol, or their clerks, be I guarded from the temptation of profaning the Sabbath less anxiously than the merchants and merchants' clerks of London ? If the Post-office would acquiesce in the ex tension to all the towns of Great Britain and Ireland of one regulation, now so properly enforced in London on Sundays, a sufficient guarantee, as it seems to us would thereby be afforded against the specific danger to the me tropolis, which constitutes the chief if not the only ob jection to an improvement in all other respects most desir able. But until some such guarantee is offered we hope and believe the opposition to any change whatever of the Sunday regulations of the London Post-office will be con tinued and will be invincible.—Morning Post. It is consistent with the character and congenial with the policy of a Godless Government to introduce a syste matic desecration of the Christian Sabbath by the delivery of letters in the metropolis on that day heretofore set apart by the ordinances of our holy religion to rest from worldly labour, and the duties of piety and devotion. It becomes the Government that has already, as far as it could by vicious legislation, degraded the holy rite of marriage . nto a mere civil contract, attended with just as much of Christian solemnity as the bargain and sale of horse or cow, to convert the " Sabbath of the Lord" into a day :of worldly traffic. But it also becomes a Christian people to resist with one heart and voice the profane and scandalous innovation on the decent and solemn observance of the Divine canon, which se) s, " Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy." The downward spirit of a grovelling Utilitarianism that, under a Government unblest by any religious in fluence, is making dreadful ravages on the Christian and moral character of the country, is not satisfied with having six days out of the seven devoted to Mammon ; it would take the seventh also from the service of the ever lasting Creator, and give it to the god of this world. The high tone of Christian feeling in England must be gone ere this execrable scheme of Sabbath desecration, though sup ported by a Whig Government, succeeds ; and when that is gone, and the " reverence" for the Sabbath in England is on a level with that of infidel and Popish France, we may bid farewell to England's greatness too. We scorn to argue this question, as some do, upo❑ secular grounds, because we cannot allow human policy to either detract from, or aid strength to, the clear and positive ordinances of reli gion. When England, which has been hallowed by being the resting-place of the ark of pure Christianity, ceases to be a religious nation, she will have forfeited that place among the kingdoms of the earth which her opulence, her arts, her commerce, her military power, her naval dominion, could not give her—that place of especial protection which she has long enjoyed under the shadow of the strength of the Most High, whose mercy has wonderfully preserved her amid the trials by which neighbouring nations have in our own time been terribly afflicted and chastised. A latitudinarian or Godless Government, like Gallio, " careth for none of those things." Its delight is to gratify the Mammonites—its taste is to please the scoffers. The principle of Protestantism, which is the spirit of the Re formation, of purified Christianity, of scriptural truth, it would place under " great discouragement" and afflict with a " heavy blow." The introduction of a systematic dese cration of the Sabbath would assist it greatly in this work by familiarising the people with the habitual violation of the decent solemnities of Protestant practice.—Morning Herald. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, DB& 11. GREENHALGH V. THE MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. The arguments in this appeal motion were resumed anti concluded to-day. The LORD CIIANCELLOU said he would give his judg ment on Thursday. ROLLS' COURT, Dm. 11. CLOSE► V. WILBERFORCE. The arguments in this case were to-day concluded. His Lordship the MASTER of the ROLLS, in giving judg ment, said that the plaintiff in this cause, Mr. Close, was, in the year 1823, the under lessee of the property now in question. It was held for twelve and a half years less five days, under various covenants, some of which were usual, some special. Both the plaintiff and the defendant ap peared to have been members of a company established in 1826, called the London and Westminster Dairy Company, and it was proposed early in that year that this lease should be used for the purposes of the Company, by being assigned to trustees to hold it for the benefit of the Company. The Company, however, did not succeed, and the property was put up for sale by public auction. It was not sold by public auction, but some time after the defendant, Mr. Wilber force, became the purchaser of the leasehold interest. His Lordship, after referring to the particulars and conditions of sale, said that he had no doubt that it was an agree ment to purchase the leasehold interest. He could not, however, help thinking that the defendant was bound to in demnify the plaintiff, but at the same time he did not think that the precise amount had as yet been satisfactorily ascer tained. He was not quite sure that the 4501. was the amount of damage which he ought to pay ; but if that sum were disputed by the defendant, it must be made the subject of an investigation before the Master. He would, however, recommeml some agreement between the parties on this subject. The case might, therefore, be mentioned some other day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Disc. 11. ELLIOTT V. BROWN AND ANOTHER. This was an action for money had and received. The defendants pleaded the general issue and a set off. The plaintiff was a part owner of the ship Aire, and had been a partner with Messrs. Turnbull, who were also part owners of the vessel, but the general partnership had been dissolved. The defendants were coal-factors and insurance-brokers, and in the latter character had ef fected policies for 6001. and 2001. on the vessel in question. These policies were effected in the names o! the defendants, but for the benefit of the owners, and, as the plaintiff contended, that the policy for 200/. was in fact effected for his peculiar benefit. The vessel was stranded in November, 1837, and the underwriters wet... called on to pay the loss. The defendants called on the underwriters to make the payment to them, but the plain tiff put in a counter claim, and gave the underwriters no tice not to pay the money to any person but himself. The defendants, however, insisted on the payment being made to them ; and the policies being effected in their names, the underwriters, notwithstanding the counter claim of the plaintiff, paid the money to them. The present action was then brought by the plaintiff to recover from the defend ants the amount they had received, as money had and re ceived by them on his account. This claim the defendants resisted on the ground that they had a lien for a general balance due to them upon the ship's accounts, and they, therefore, claimed to deduct that amount from the sum now sought by the plaintiff to be recovered from them. The plaintiff, however, insisted that as the defendants had only directly corresponded whit Turnbull and Co., and as he was no longer a partner of that firm, the deduction made must be confined to the proportion that was due from him individually, and could not be extended to the general balance. vu Lord DENMAN was of opinion that as the separate po licy of 200/. was clearly effected for the benefit of the plaintiff alone, the defendants could not be entitled to set off against the proceeds of this particular policy the amount If the general balance on the ship's accounts. The ver dict, therefore, must be taken for the plaintiff for the sum sought to be recovered, deducting such expenses as had been incurred in respect of the particular policy which had thus bean effected for the benefit of the plaintiff. The verdie was accordingly taken for the plaintiff in the manner directed. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 11. LOMAR V. GREGORY. This was au action of trover for a bed and bedstead. The case turned entirely upon the question whether these goods had in the first instance been given or only lent to the deceased.—Verdict for the defendant. EXCHEQUER COURT, DEC. 11. NEWTON V. BARCLAY. Mr. ERLE (with whom was Mr. THOMAS), said that this action was brought for the purpose of recovering the sum of 261. for food and lodging, and money supplied to the defendant's wife. The wife of the defendant was a Spanish lady, and had been married to him in the year 1820. The defendant was a portrait-painter of eminence. After some further statement of Counsel, the supply of food lodging, Sze., as also the reasonableness of the charges, were proved. at the absence of Hislr. Hugh Barclay said he was brother to the defendant. formation from brother, after his return to England, was much dissa tisfiedger than necessary. Afterwards bision wife, wh h i e c h lei received thought ived som m e u i c n h . fr h c . : s m Spain which caused him to entertain strong grounded doubts more to do with:l'er subject, and wife's fidelity. He made inquiries upon the ; beca me and, in satisfied that his suspicions were well but did not find in 1833, consequence, refused to have anything 3aw her, and made an arrangement delMrs. Barclay came to Eng land,endant at home. The witness cs she resided in a respectable house in Barcelona, a regular Allowance of 5/. per month should be made to her. That s um was paid for two years, and a letter from Mrs. would have been conti nued, but that the witness: Barcelona, c ean n a d , Barclay, stating that she and come to England via Paris out where the defendant resided, and came there, when agreed a :he witness was o bli g ed to g ive her i nto custody. . She w to She-was allow her before a Magistrate,a4veek. The where th° defendant defendant had be en a celebrated artist, hut was now entirely dependant upon an allowance made him by his father. Mr. THESIGER addressed the Jury for the defendant, and afterwards called witnesses, who proved repeated acts of adultery on the part of Mrs. Barclay. The Jury retired for about half an hour, when they re turned with a verdict for the defendant. EQUITY EXCHEQUER, DEc. 11. TOWNSEND V. CHAMPERNOWNE. The agreements in this case, which had not concluded at the time of our going to press yesterday, occupied the Court nearly until its rising. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said, that it appeared to him the Master had come to a wrong conclusion, on the ground of abandonment, and that this exception ought therefore to be allowed. The other exception must be over-ruled. CONSISTORY COURT, Dix. 11. TEUTON V. TEUTON. The Court pronounced its sentence of divorce against Mrs. Teuton, the party cited in this cause, on the grounds of adultery, her Counsel admitting her guilt and not op posing the prayer of the husband. SPRY V. THE DIRECTORS AND GUARDIANS OF THE POOR OF ST. MARYLEBONE. This is a suit for the subtraction of certain fees for the burial of paupers brought by the Rev. Dr. Spry, the Rector of the parish of St. Marylebone, against the Directors and Guardians of the poor of the: said parish. A libel was this day offered for admission on behalf of the reverend gentleman, in which the facts of the case and hi. alleged right to the fees in question were pleaded. After the argument of Counsel on either side had been heard by the Learned Judge, he directed the case to stand over, in order that he might satisfy his mind as to the juris diction of the Court. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, D 134. 11. IMPORTANT POINT.-IN RE JEREMIAH BOND. This person has been confined twenty-three years in the Fleet prison, and a short time ago a vesting order was ob tained on the part of the detaining creditors under the compulsory clause of the new Act. Mr. COOKE said he had an important application to make in this case. It was the first time such a case had come before the Court. In the order served on the pri soner he was directed to file a schedule within fourteen days ; he had not done so. That rule was served on the 19th of November, and he had not filed his schedule ; he had, therefore, committed a contempt, and was liable to an attachment. It had been said that there was no clause in the Act for the Court to punish a man un der such circumstances ; but be apprehended that the 66th section would apply, which spoke of an assignee or other person disobeying an order of the Court should be guilty of contempt, and gave the Court the power to com mit to the county gaol. This person had been upwards of 23 years in the Fleet, which was in the city of London, and the present application was for a rule calling on him to show cause why he should not be committed to Newgate for contempt of this Court. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said the question was a very important one. The Court granted a rule nisi. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN- S QUARE. George Webb w a s placed at the bar, charged with en tering the dwelling-house of F. H. Hill, Esq., No. 30, Addisson-road, Kensington, and stealing a quantity of wearing apparel. The prisoner made no defence, and was fully committed for trial. AN IRISH RUFFlAN.—Pattick Murray, a man of powerful frame and forbidding countenance, who has re peatedly been charged at this office with assaults upon the police and private individuals, was again placed at the bar, charged with an assault. The prisoner was fined in the full penalty of 51., or two months' imprisonment and hard labour. He was locked up. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday a determined-looking ruffian, who gave his name Charles Broker, was placed at the bar before Mr. HOSKINS, charged under the following circumstances : It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Watts, a master butcher, of Praed-street, Paddington, that on the preceding night he was returning home from Smithfield market with a considerable sum of money in his pocket, when near his own door he was attacked by the prisoner, who came be hind him, and having knocked off his hat, seized him by the hair of the head. He struggled with his assail ant, but in vain, for in a moment he was surrounded by a gang of six or seven of the prisoner's associates, who began to hustle him about, which convinced him that their object was to rob him. He called out " murder" and " police" as loud as he was able, and in a few moments a policeman came up and collared the prisoner. Witness being appre hensive of losing his money made the best of his way home, leaving the policeman struggling with the prisoner. Police constable 37 T, the constable referred to, here stepped forward, bearing evident marks of the prisoner's violence ; his head, which was bandaged up, was dreadfully cut in several places, and his right eye completely closed. He, as well as other witnesses, corroborated Mr. Watt's statement. Mr. HOSKINS said it was far too serious an offence for him to dispose of summarily, and committed the prisoner to gaol to take his trial, and directed the constables of the T division to use their utmost endeavours to apprehend the rest of the gang. UNION-HALL. Hills, a young man, a linen draper in Lambeth-walk, was brought before Mr. Swabey a few days ago, charged with having in his possession the duplicates of some plate and books, which were alleged to have been stolen. Rebecca Larking stated that she lived at No. 22, Wind mill -street, Lambeth, and that the watch, silver milk-jug, silver spoons, and books produced are her property. That she had them in pledge, and that a female named Salmon, who had been living in her house, had stolen the tickets. Tha complainant added that she charged the prisoner with having - purchased the tickets of her property of the thief, knowing them to have been stolen. The accused admitted that he had purchased tickets of a female named Salmon, and that he should be enabled to prove satisfactorily that he was not aware that they had been procured in the way that had been represented by the complainant. The evidence in support, as well as that in contradiction of the charge, having been brought to a close, .the Magis trates said that they were of opinion the charge of the pri soner Laving bought the tickets knowing that they were stolen, had not been so clearly proved as would induce a jury to find a bill against him for the offence. Still they (the Magistrates) could not help saying that they consi dered that it was disreputable on the part of a respectable tradesman to be dealing in these pawnbrokers' duplicates. From their experience at that office, with respect to the cases which came before them of this nature, they generally turned out to be dishonest transactions, and parties were frequently plundered who mixed themselves up in them. The MAGISTRATES then said that they should discharge the accused, but admonished him in future not to purchase pawnbrokers' duplicates. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Ritchie, the keeper of a beer-shop in White cross-street, Reedie, a journeyman printer, and Varney, a greengrocer, were placed at the bar before Mr. CODD, charged with having robbed Charles Hiscock, a gentle man's servant. It appeared from the evidence that the complainant was out of place. He had amassed the money in question by his savings while in service. A month ago he took lodgings at the above beer-shop, where also Reedie was a lodger. Upon it becoming known to the prisoner Ritchie that lie was in the possession of the money in question, he solicited him at, various times to lend him different sums of money, observ ing that it would set him up, and he would give him good se curity for the repayment, but the complainant refused. On Sunday at twelve o'clock he found his money safe in his box. About two o'clock his landlord asked him if he was going out. He replied that he was not. Shortly afterwards the landlord told him a lady was in the street who wanted to see him. He went to her, and was absent a long while. He returned, and shortly after wards went out again. On his return, he went up to his room, when he found his box broken, and his clothes strewed about the room, and on examination he missed SO sovereigns ; but the thieves had left 20 half sovereigns and two bills of exchange, one for 30/. and the other for 201. Subsequent to this, as the conduct of the prisoners was very suspicious, he gave information to the police. Sergeant Ellis of the G division stated that he searched the prisoner Ritchie, and found nine sovereigns, while three sovereigns and a quantity of silver was in the till. Sergeant Cole had ascertained that on Saturday he paid to his brewer 71. 35., and that at the time he had no money at home. Ritchie said that he stated he had no mone, as he wanted to pay rent and taxes. He denied all ~ ...nwledge of the robbery and observed that he himself a short time ago had his room entered, when some silver spoons were taken away. The other prisoners said that they could prove an alibi. They were remanded till Thursday, bail being accepted from each in his own recognizance of 60/., and two sureties of 40/. each. It appears that the female who recently committed <uicide by throwing herself into the Regent's Canal, near Macclesfield-bridge, was a servant in the employment of Sir Thomas Neave, of Albemarle-street, and that she had re ..:eived warning in consequence of dishonesty. A coroner's J ury sat on the body yesterday, and returned a verdict of '• Found drowned." PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, AS:SIRANCh COMPANIF,6,6x. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC 11. Number Dividend _ __ - Price _ of _.. ...... per CANALS. Shares. Annum. t'aid. Share 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97/.lBs. eh. 135 i,082 41. Ashby.de-le-Zotich Average 1151. sh. 73 1,260 Basingstoke 1001.,h. 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150. sh. IV 8,000 1-16 sh. 91 6s. Birmingham, 1-16th share 811. & 71/. 218 1. 000 Ditto a!,d Liverpool ..1unct...1 0, 1/ sh. 100 pd '26 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton -.ION sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Cheimer and Blackwater 1001. sh. Iti 500 431. C3ventry ' "W. sh. 735 4,545 Croydon 2,060; 41. Os. Dudley lOO/.sh. 1,. 600 14i. Derby 100/.,h. 135 20,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 4l/.135. 4d, pd 30 3,5751 31. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331.5 k. 801 231 621. Erewash OOl Dn. 775 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde Average 40401.165. th. 500 1,600 121. Grand Junction 100/. sh. 300 2,8491 U. Grand Union 1001. sh Y 4 11,500 Grand Surrey 0,0001. 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan ' 1001. c 3 3 196 600 13/.125. ed. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d, 23€ 749 10i. Grantham 150/. sh. 203 0,238 2/. Os. Huddersfield .... ...... Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 37 100 Kensington 110 sh. all pd. 10 5:428 11. ss. Kennet and Avon, Average 391.185. 10d .817 27 2,8971 241. Leeds and Liverpool lose. sh. 740 5451 131. Leicester l4O/. sh. 2221 1,897 6/. Os. Leicester anti Northampton-. A ver *3/.los. 90 2.400 10/. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 200 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 100/. eh . 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 560 MOO 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 247 171. Neath 100/.sh. 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest -... .. ...Aver..ge about 78/. sh. 102 1,418 lib. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. ed. sh. 16 5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 8.5141. 109 500 81. fshropshire /251. A . 140 800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 1511 3,600/. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121. 10s. sh. 111 700 401. Stafford and Worcester 140/. sh. 710 500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280 300 9!. Stourbridge 3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on-AVM ...Average 791.95. Lid. sh. 40 533 15/. Swansea 1001. sh. 250 2 3,762 11. 158. Severn and Wye and Railway ...AT 35/. sh. 39 600lsh. 321. 10s. Treat and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 600 8.149 ......... Thames and sltdway... Aver. 191.55. Bd. sh. 2 "MI/ ,000}s/16/. Warwick atid Birmingham. 1001. sh 281 9 1 10 15$. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 200 6,000 41.05. Worcester and Birmingham.. .Av. 781. 81. sh. 71 5,000 255. Wilts and Berke .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 23 800 3/, W yrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 126 IVOS It. Wey and Arun 110/. sh. 221 DOCKS. 2,600106515 h } 3p. c Commercial ‘,sool.sh. 56 1, East and West India Stock 1121 3.238,31011. 555. p. ct. London Stock 611 Ditto Bonds lOl 2.209 2/. 19s. Bristol 61,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 1071 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lOll 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lO4 L. 500 , .... Deptford Pier 201. sh. 20/. pd 11 BRIDGES. 1,600 10s. Harnmersinitl: 5O/. sh. 21 7,231 Southwark, Old .Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 1/. 158. Ditto, Now, of 71 r, cent. ...... ....501. sh. 14 5,000 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 22; 5,000 16e. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 20i 80,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds l2O 5,848 17s Vauxhall _7Ol. " •sh. Average lOs Id 23 . _.... . -.... —... ASSURANCE COMPANIES. t s a p n e c r l c l e ss n . t. 2,000 3! lOs Albion 500 /. sh. 50 /. pd 74 4°,o"' „, I Alliance,l3ritish & Foreign 1001. sh. 101/. pd 144 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd 61 24,000 11 per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 144 1,20013 h. 5/. Birmingham fire 2501. oh. 551. pd 1071 20,000 4/. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 50/. sh. 5/. pd 6 5,000 51. percent. Clerical, Medi,al,&c. Life, ICOLsh. 2110 s pd 4 4,000 2/ 10s County 100/. sh. 10/. pd 42 1 20,000 ss. Eagle 900 f :ri p d e 3o ce l bs . Economic Lite lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 375 2,271 22s.percent. European Li, • 2O/. oh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 21. pd 11 1,000,0001. 71. per ct Globe Stock 146 20,000 51' Guardian lOO/. sh. 2741 pd 354 40,000 66. 6d. Hope 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5061. sh. 501. pd 130 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 104 13,459 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 100/. sh. Si. pi 23 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 82 31. Ditto Life. 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 33 5,000 10s. London, Fir'. 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 10 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. Ld. 10s. pd 16t 1,000,000/. .......... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Lite 50/. sh. 21. pd 218 s Od 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fire 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 16.0.1 2,500 11. Provident Lite lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 20 100,000 58. Rock Life .0/. sh. 1/. pd 61 689,2201 5/. per cent. Royal Exch.-nig. Stock.. . 2254 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lO O/. sh. 5/. d 54 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 74 JOINT STOCK BANKS ..--- -------- 75,000 S percent. Agric. andComm.ef Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 671 10006 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5(l. sh. 10/. pd 13 (0,000 18 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 16/ 3),000 5 per cent. London and Westminater...loo/ sh. 201. pd 23: 60,000 51. London -Taint Stock 50/. sh. 101. pd 131 .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1 , 001. sh. ±Ol. pd 30 25,000 Liverpool 1001 eh. 10/. pd 231 100,000 74 per sent Manchester and Liverpool/ 501. sh. 151 pd - 0 ) District 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 1001. sh. 251 pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of lreland 100/. sh. 25/. pd 45 40,' CO National Bank of Ireland b ol. sh. 1711. pd 17 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOOl. sh. 351. pd 311 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. eh. 104 pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 110 s Od Bath 2Ol. sh. 161. pd 24 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 16/. pd 214 5,000 15/azelics.eig.3 Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 pd 244 928 5110 a Birmingham 5O/. sh. 98 5,250 2/ Os Bristol 2o'. sh. 36 1,500 31 10s Brighton 20/. sh. 114 750 31 10s Ditto, New 201. sh. 18/. pd g 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 20/ sh. all pd 17 4,000 si. Continental Consolidated 751. 621/. pd 74 1,000 101. City of Loudon .................1001. sh. all pd 196 1,000 61. Ditto, New lOOl. sh. 601. pd 114 4,000 41.105. Equitable 5Ol. pd 304 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 5O/ sh. 444 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 20 2,350 til. per cent. Independent 3O/. sh. all pd 48 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix. 50/. sh. 39/. pit 23 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 1001. sh. 80/. pd 58 4,000 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 17 6,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 46/. pd 291 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 800 Yarmouth 20/. sh. 18/. pd WATER WORKS. 4,800 9s. Birmingham 251. sh. Q5l. pd 20 4,434 61. East London lOOl. sh. 170 5,500 2110 s Grand Junction ....Average 411. 13s. 4d. sh. 69 2,000 21. Kent 100 Lsh. 45 _ _ 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3i6 1,500 21 lOs New sliver London Bridge Water Annuities 62 6,486 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford ..1001. sh. 54 1,000 4 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 101 2,294 4/. West Middlesex —.Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 105 1,360 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. .- 6,300 Birmingham and Derby 5O/. pd 401 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 15,000 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 'A pd I 660 Calcutta and Saugur 501. sh. 2/. pd 01 7,500 Cheltenham and G.Western 1001. sh. 20/. 3,000 Clarence lOO/. oh. 100/ pd 40 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 5/. pd 3 60,000 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 101 pd t Grand Junction 1001. sh. 951. pd 181 .... ..... Great North of England ...SW. pd 18 5,900 Great Western lOOl. all. 651. pd '76 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. eh. 1001. pd 1001 0,000 Hull and Selby 501. eh. 204 pit 10 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 51. pd 2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 Rh. 05 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington ....Wt. sh. all pd '75 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo4./.sh. 100/. pd 205 10 per mot. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pc] 61 36,000 ......„.. London and Brighten 5Ol. sh. 14/ pd 10i 1/000 26,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich ; , .W. sic NI. pci I6A 25,000 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 901. pd 1131 _... Ditto Quarter Shires 5/. pd 281 20,000 London and Southampton ....501. sh. 501. pd 44 Ditto ditto New .. 14,000 London and Croydon Trunk 20/. sh. 2iU. pd 10 6,000 Ditto New Scrip l2ll. pd 1431, 12,000 London Grand Junction... ..... 50/. eh . 5/. pd ot 13,000 Manchester and Leeds lOO/. sh. 501. pd e 8 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.0. 10/. pd 101 North Midland 100/ sh. 55/. pd 511 Northern and Eastern 100/. sh. 151. pd 8 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50!. sh. 304 pd Nil 28,000 .. South Eastern and Dover ..AI. Pd 4 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington . , lOO/. sh. 240 9,000 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. 2/. cil o 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . till. 10/, pd UO MIN ES. 8,000 Albion Coppri 5/. sh. 34/. pd 12 4,000 11. 50. Alien 151. sh. 121. 10s pd 11 10,000 ... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd f Ditto Subscription 251. pa 3 # 2,000 101. Bolanos , 1501. sh all pd $74 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 5!. pm .. ... 351. sh. 'lO/. pd 19 6,01'0 Macaubas & Cocaes United 251. sh. 25/. pd 104 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 14/. , pd 51 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 20/. pd 54 10,000 .••••••.. Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 101. pi 10 20,000 British Iron 5O/. sh. 501 pd 104 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. W. pd 14 Cats Branca 64/. I d 9 Candonga 7t/. pd 6 10,000 Il Copiapo 20/. sh. 13/. pd 9 8,500 ... Colombian, iss. 51. pm. 2,850 3! English 12/ ICs. pd 7 20,000 „.. ...... General Mining Association...2o/. :h. 17/. pd 124 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 55f/. pd 4 3,000 Polberou Consols 10/. sh. SI. pd 41 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered lO Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 160 30,000 . ...... .. United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. ...AO/. sh. all pd 2 Ditu. Scrip 24 Ditto New Scrip 5/ p 8 4' West Cork 50/. sh. 501. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 1,500 70 0 King' College 100/. pd 26 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural...loo4 sh 261/. pd 46 6,000 V. per cent. British American Land eompany 23/. Ix! 11 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Com p an y 1001. sh. 301. pd 29 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 99 City Bonds, 4 per cent lOOl 20,000 ii, 6 s , General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 141. pd 23 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms 2 _ Av. 75/. sh. 19 6:000 ......... Caoutchouc Company. 1241. pd 12 . ... 0/..pd 500,0004 ......... N a tional Loan Fund 2/. 5 s s.:pd 24 N e w Brunswick Land Company 2,754 5/. per cen t. Reversionary Interest Soc 1001. sh. 1 0 0/. pd 134 2,633 51, per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 75/. pd 96 4,000 10,000 (is. Van Die.ner.'s Land ............ 1004 sh. 171. pd 12 LISTN 1 OF SCOT TISH COMPANI.ES' PRICES . OV. 838. BANKS. . ..„,,,,‘,,,,,. gl. p. ct. Bank of Scotland ...... 83/. 6s. Bd. th. all pd 1931. 1 ,4 ( 0 ) 0 u:4" oci. 51 p. ct 11 , Yal of Scotland lOO/. sh. all pd 1824 2 ' 5 00.00er. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 240/. 3_ __.. , ,,,,,, i ,. 6/. p. ct. Commercial ..................5001. sh. 100/. pd 1764 3 : 0 T', , r1,.. ~ .i et. National .................... ....100/.sh. 10/. pd 1614 x 47;6 1. 61 p. ct. Glasgow Union ............... 250/. sh. 501. pd 851. 4000 : fx 01. 4p. et. Western of Scotland . ... .. 2001. sh 40/. pd 59!. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 61 p. ct. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. 14 pd 30s. 56 00psh - , ..ai ffi p. ct. Hercules .., ................ . . 100/. sh. 10/. pd 141. Os. 1(2,..... , za sp. ct. Insurance Co. of , Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 9/. 10s. ‘ .: , 4` ( Z 6p. ct. North British ................ „ail. sh. 10/. pd 19 . a 'l ,oo o sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 20/. Os 5030 Bp. ct. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1 4 / 1 0s 10°,000 al p. ct. West of Scotland lOl. pd 71 Os MISCELLANEOUS. ......... Edin. and Glas. Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 104 4,810 Ditto Allocated 961. sh. all pd 501. 5,4 00 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint S tock Water 25/. sh. all pd 39/ Carron Iron Company 250!. oh. all pd 441. 3,othosh 15 per cen t. Sh o t ts Iron Foundery 504 Eh 481. pd 6l4 *O,OOO 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. oh. 161, Pa 91 45 00 10 per cent. EdinbtlrKh Coal l ias! , •iimi , 4siil,l3-. tn pd a IF. 4,450 1 0 Per CPBt• ( las t ev , io43 W. sh. all pd 561. 750 11 per Mit. LAK... Coal (las 201 sh all pd 501. 1,200 ... Edinburah and Dalkeith Rai 'w. 1;y..:504 th atif 8,00 5 per cent. Eg g ; taw; .Loan CompanT., 351. oh. pc; 94 ,1L FROM LAST NIGWT'S GAZETTE Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County or Surrey. Ist Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia—Ensign H. L. Lyster to be Lieutenant, Nov. 19. Commission by the Vice-Lieutenant of the County of Cornwall. The Duke of Cornwall's Rangers (Regiment of Cornwall Militia)—H. O'Neil, jun. Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Dec. 4. WHITEHALL, DEC. 6. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Corser, of Wolver hampton, in the county of Stafford, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, Drc. 7. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Foster Bonner, of Spalding, Lincolnshire, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM BENJAMIN REEVE, victualler, Brighton. GEORGE ELD, miller, Coventry. ROBERT TABOR, ship-owner, Hoxton. GEORGE GLADWYN, grocer, Billericay, Essex. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM WYLLIE, merchant, Ealing, Middlesex, to sur render Dec. 17, at two, and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Free man and Bothamley, Coleman-street. OLIVER THOMAS JOSEPH STOCKEN, brewer, Wal ham-green, Middlesex, Dec. 18, and Jan. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Fyson, Tokenhouse yard. JOSEPH ROBERTS, corn-dealer, Warwick, Dec. 21, at ten, and Jan. 22, at a quarter before three, at the George Hotel, War wick. Nelson, New -court, Middle-temple, London ; Morris, Warwick. GEORGE GRAY, livery-stable-keeper, Brunswick-street, Blackfriars-road, Dec. 19, at twelve, and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy._ Lackington, official assignee, Iron monger-lane ; Fenchurch-street. JAMES SELLERS, druggist, Yeovil, Somersetshire, Dec. 20, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Antelope Inn, Dorchester. Vining, Yeovil ; Douglass and Cragg, Verulam-buildings, Gray's inn, London. DAVID FAIRHEAD, baker, Witham, Essex, Dec. 18, at half-past one, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; Pattison and Cutts, Witham ; Brooks bank and Farn, Gray's Inn-square, London. HENRY POOLE, innkeeper, Carnarvon, Dec. 29, and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Sportsman Hotel, Carnarvon. Roberts, Car narvon; J. and H. Lowe, Garey, and Sweeting, Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, London. RICHARD RICHARDSON, publican, Birmingham, Dec. 18, at ten, and Jan. 22, at two, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birming ham. Newton and Ensor, South-square, Gray's Inn, London ; Smith, Birmingham. THOMAS CLEGG, iron -founder, Wigan, Lancashire, Dec. 29, and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Victoria Hotel, Wigan. Hig son and Son, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Henfrey, wine merchant, Northampton, Jan. 7, at one—T. G. Ramsay and S. Lancaster, wine merchants, Mark-lane, Jan. 3, at eleven—G. Threadgold, corn dealer, Brentwood, Essex, Jan. 3, at twelve. In the Country. W. Jones, shoe maker, Shrewsbury, Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Shire Hall, Shrewsbury—F. Symonds, miller, Bidestone, Suffolk, Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Crown and Anchor Inn, Ipswich—A. Hacker, builder, Canterbury, Dec. 31, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Canterbury—D. Davis, linen draper, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan shire, Jan. 3, at one, at the Castle Hotel, Brecon. CERTIFICATES.-JAN. 1. J. P. Fenner, leather factor, New Leather Warehouses, Surrey —T. Weaver, butcher, Lower-street, Islington—J. Harries, wine merchant, Carmarthenshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and J. Campbell, gardeners, Ormskirk, Lancashire—C. A. and J. Coke, chymists, Devonport—W. Horsfield and A. Both well, tailors, Rochdale, Lancashire—J. Williams and Co., attor neys, Llanfyllan, Montgomeryshire (so far as concerns J. Williams) --J. Wallis and B. M. Collins, general dealers, Drury-lane—NV. Blake and W. Thompson, merchants, Sheffield—T. Stirling and Co., purveyors •f filtered water, St. Ann's-place, Limehouse—C. Booth and Co., dyers, Liverpool—J. Whittle and J. Catterall, Preston, Lancashire—R. Luck and W. Morrison, warehousemen, Watling-street---W. Hargreaves and Co., stonemasons, Clitheroe —T. Hodgson and Co., land surveyors, Lancaster. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of last Night.) SUGAR.—Of British Plantation the grocers have purchased freely of brown as well as of yellow descriptions ; from the refiners there has been a brisk demand ; several parcels have also been taken on speculation, in anticipation that owing to the high prices of Grain, Sugar will be admitted for distils,- tion, and importers have obtained an advance in previous rates of is a Is 6d; by private contract very fine yellow Jamaica has brought 68s, good and fine 65s to 665, good mid from other islands 63s to 64s 6d ; rather inferior Grenada in trs 625, low mid in brls 60s; good and mid grey Jamaica and St. Kitt's 58s to 595, fine brown 575, rather darker 565, and low brown Jamaica 555. This afternoon the advanced prices obtained last week were fully supported, but owing to the darkness which prevailed there was not much business doing privately, either for the scale or pan, buyers not being able to see the colour of the samples. Two public sales of Barbadoes, consisting of 237 hhds 11 trs 36 brls, went off with less spirit, owing to the above cause having prevented several buyers from examining them, still all were sold at prices fully equal to those of the last auction, fine brought 67s 6d to 68s, good 65s to 66s 6d, good mid 613 s Od to 64s 6d, mid 62s to 635, one lot ord 59s 6d. The purchases, including the auctions, are 600 hbds and trs. Reru:co.—The grocers have purchased freely of both common and the better descriptions of goods, and prices Is above those of last Tuesday have been obtained ; Lumps equal to the standard have brought 765, rather under 74s to 755, brown 71s to 735; the stocks held by the re. finers are still small, and principally consist of fine goods; there are buyers of small parcels double crushed at 36, but no sellers under 39s a 4Qs, In Treacle there has not been less business done, buyers have been compelled to pay 29s a 2ffs 6d for common, and 31s a 32s for patent and the best old make ; pieces have been taken freely at the ad vanced rates quoted, Barstards of common and good qua lity at 44s a 525. For Dutch crushed Sugar there is still little demand, and a cargo may be bought at 32s 6d, but for small parcels 33s has been paid. MAURITIUS.—At auction 3,250 bags were taken readily, ordinary to fine yellow at 55s 6d to 63s 6d, good brown 52s 6d to 53s per cwt. This . afternoon there was again a good demand, and two public sales of 3,309 bags went at previous rates; low to fine yellow brought b6s to 639 ; good brown, 53s 6d ; strong grey, 599 6d to 61s 6d. EAST INDIA. —ln Bengal the grocers are ready buyers, and would pay 684 to 69s for fine white ; 12,000 bags Manilla and 88 bags Bengal, for export only, have been offered at auction ; the former sold with animation ; low brown to good yellow went at 21s a 24s 6d ; damaged, 21s a 21s 6d; the latter sold at 25s lid a 26s 6d for ordinary white and grey. FOREIGN.—Prices continue very firm for white and yellow Havannah; the transactions have been confined to 300 boxes of the latter by private contract at 27s efd for mid quality. Brazil is wanted, but the limited quantity offering for sale has prevented business of moment. MoLAssEs.—West India—nearly all the parcels offering for sale have been taken at prices is above those of this day week ; . 100 casks Granada have brought 30s. TEA.—The demand continues very limited for all descrip tions, but under last sale's prices there are no sellers ; 100,000 packages, intended for auction in January next, have been examined, the quality of which is various. COFFEE. —The British Plantation Market continues very quiet, particularly for common descriptions. Of East India none has been offered at public sale ; by private contract Cey lon has been taken sparingly, but lower prices have not been accepted, For Mocha there are few buyers at present ; but lower . prices have not been accepted. The recommendation of the principal Coffee dealers to Government, to reduce the duty on West India to aid, and on East India to 7d per lb, has been rejected. The private purchases in Brazil have been 500 bags, ord to good ord at 38s a 41s, and a small parcel of St. Domingo at 42s for good ord pale. This afternoon the demand for East and West India was totally put a stop to by the announcement of 5,000 bags Ceylon for auction on Tuesday next, and the whole of 57 casks 209 bags Jamaica and Demerara at public sale were bought in at late prices, middling of the former at 110 s, the latter at 95s for grey, and a few lots at 90s per cwt. For Foreign rather higher prices have been obtained, 2,000 bags ordinary to fine ordinary Brazil have been sold at 41s to 46s per cwt. COCOA.—British Plantation is, not offered at lower prices; only 26 bags have been offered at auction, which brought 38s to 44s for ord and mid Grenada; buyers have been com pelled to pay 36s to 37s for Guayaquil. RICE... -1,400 bags Madras at auction mid and good white brought 155 6d a 16s 6d. Carolina at 42s to 445. This afternoon 1,951 bags Java, for export only, were offered at public sale, not above half of which found buyers, low to mid white at 159 to 15a 6d ; the remainder was taken in, good to fine at 16s to 16s 6d per cwt. FRUIT. The disposition to purchase Currants mani fested lately has become more apparent, and the few parcels of old Patras remaining in second hands have brought 72s ; and new Patras have been more rea dily taken at 75s ; of new Zante and Cephalonia some of the importers have withdrawn their parcels from the market and have even become buyers, and the quoted price of 72s has been paid also by the shippers who have been purchasing; of Valencia Raisins the sales have been limited, but for Denis Raisins in baskets there has been more inquiry, and the advanced quotation of 32s has been realized. In new Turkey Figs there is business doing, the prices varying from 56s to 100 s. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Rum—buyers have been compelled to pay rather higher prices for Lewards ; Jamaica has Maintained former rates ; 300 puns of the former have been sold proofs at 3s. 4frd to 3s 51; in the latter the operations have been only 150 puns 31 to 36 per cent over proof at 5s 2d ; some fine and strong Demerara, for which 5s was offered, was with. drawn from the market for the present. Brandy—prices 2d per gallon under those of last week have been accepted. ' In Geneva the transactions have been trivial. PaovisioNs.—ln Irish Produce prices have scarcely 'un dergone any depression. Irish Butter is taken off 1D • small quantities only at about is per cwt below for'ner Butter a rates. Bacon supports its previous value. Lard. ' in some instances, has brought advanced rates. For decline of 2s per cwt has been submittP:, 3 4 to, fine realizing only 102 s to 104 s per cwt. Cho use dull, but prices carinot be quoted lower. TALl,owe—th the spot, prices have advanced to 59s 3d a 66 . For delivery in January, February, and March next, several purchases have been made at 59s 6d a 60s. OlLS.—Fish Oils-341 has been paid for Cod, 361 lO s a 371 for pale Seal, 261 a 281 lOs for Southern ; in Sperm prices have advanced to 821 a 831 for first quality. In Linseed previous rates have been mai4aiued; Rape at is advance, sales _~~J is of pale having been made at 495, and brown at 40s. Palm 4 !?! In rthinta i~~_l~ i ' . INDIGO. —At public sale 182 cbeAs East India sold with spirit at prices Is 2d a Is 4d above those of the last quarterly sale for better kinds, common sorts went Is dearer, good and fine Bengal brought 8s 6d a 83 9d per lb. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Beane. 1 rease• Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Per Quarter. I ~, to s. s to s. 8. to !:. s. ,-- S. B.ston 62 60 99 30 19 23 39 41 Gainsborough — 66 31 23 14 Grantham Grimsby Florncastle 42 7.) 32 37 20 24 36 42 ' ~ Lincoln l5l "i 0 i 26 31 18 26 40 44 . .... Spalding - Stamford .ll 7 4 28 33 21 25 :16 44 ..... York 5O 70 26 34 24 26 32 14 • .... s. IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the WEEK NOING - - 30 V A voarag , 43 0 0 22 10 15 6 ... 0 iEC. 7. To 50 0 From 249 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 35 6 i 0 Bere l6 stone U 0 434 Barley 119 Oats l4 stone l3 0 O Flour, per cwt ... 8 st:hie — U 0 Oatmeal. 8 stone 0 Sold to Bakers only. 16,281 Cwt. Flour 24 4 Average price of Wheat and Flour 56s 4.1. per sack. Fi2s Receipts of Flour, 11,7431 3 S e conds rsts from 22a. Od. to Sales of Do 18,003 from 19i. Od. to 226 act Tnirds PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf lld. l Half Quartern s%d CORK MARKETS.—Dec. 8. Wheat (per 205t.)...E6s 6d. to 445. Od.l Oats (per 14st.) 115.651. tol 4l- , 9(t Barley (per 16st.) ...13 4 21 0 i Flour (per cwt . ) 15 0 31 Oatmeal (per cwt.) l2s. Od. to 15-, 6d. Beef, 4d. to 7d. ; Mutton, sd. to 6d. ; Veal, 4d to 6d. ; Pork, 4d. to sd. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to Ild. per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. First Quality 94s. Second 9O Third Fourth 76 22 0 16 0 To the 'Count' , 85 16 81 77 67 Fifth 6S 59 Sixth 4B 33 CLONMELL MA RKETS.—Dce, 8 Per Cwt. s. d. I 90 0 12 3 52 0 Per 44 0 42 0 Per s. d. New Butter B9 oto Oatmeal 12 0 Rendered Lard Fleur, Second —Household...— 0 Rapeseed 20 0 Bere 8 4 10 0 0. —. a. a ,. 0 Hides (raw) 0 to w' 0 Bacon Pigs 38 0 40 0 Heads 2B 0 ".. 'Bag. . 4 0 I Flour, Thirds 0 0 1-- Fourths 22 0 -". Per Wheat 1 8 110 vats 0 8 0 9 KILKENNY Wheat (per barrel) 28s. Od. to 38s. Od. Barley l4 0 16 0 Oats . Flour (per bag) Butter (per cwt.) 9O 0 92 0 Bacon Pigs 4O 0 4t 0 Coals 1 0 1 2 , arrel. ii , 6 1 Barley 13 0 . I Coals ;tone. 0 1 I Tallow (rough) 4 0 6 ~ 4 Potatoes MARKETS. 6 11 ° Beef (per 1b...;._ ci s . od. too 66 Mutton 0 5 0 $ Pork 0 4 0 6 Veal 0 5 1 0 Fresh Butter . ..... —0 0 0 10 0 Salt Ditto Potatoes (per st.) , 0 2 PERSONAL HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. — lives of Washington which have been hitherto publishea o s more properly histories of th e A mer i can R evo l ut ion t biographies, and although any account of that g reat T i l li e' career must necessarily be more or l ess m i xe d up de ar events events of the peroid, his p ersona l memo i rs are st ill it ""be deratum in literature. Much, if not everything, was to known of his early habits and conduct, and of that P f o r domestic portion of his life which not only tends to the mation of character, but more even than extraordielif, public celebrity to th e en d earment o f great men to tbetioe fections and sympathies of mankind. Every inforni s be that was before wanting on thi s su bj ect w i l l b e found to be most amply supplied in the two volumes just publishe" ith Mr. Colburn, comprising " The Life of Washington; w o ve his Diaries and Spe ec h es , an d var i ous ot h er Papers' jar first given to the world, f rom or i g i na l sources. E ve ry I .i / 0 mation and document of va l ue an d un d ou b te d autbeetw, that remained in the recollections and cabinets of Ae 3l4 ;sa France, and Engla n d, h ave b een procure d or examined ifice here used, at vast trouble and expense, and at the 11 „, er , o is of many years of l a bo ur . I n s h ort the life of Washier,n,; of now complete, an d e v er y new a ddi t i on to our knowlebe him only serves the more clearly to exhibit him, as 'par , resolution of Congress on his death, " the m an first in 5. 0 first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow- 66 1 iii' TRICKS OF BEGGAR S .—I n t h e Cours e of 0 0 quiry at Hatton-garden Police-office on Monde'' , d e pot' stated that in Mill-lane, D e ptf or d, t h ere i s a re gular whence vagrants may borr ow i n f ants at t h e rate of per day each, for the purp ose o f exc i t i ng t h e com Pass" the humane. se MR. HOOK'S " GURNEY MARRIED."---- hi f ts quol to " Gilbert Gurney" promises to become one : or most favourite works of its distinguished author. 11 0 , 0 1 temporary critic - j ustly observes that " Mr. Tbede re . o , big is a writer wh o stan d s a l one. N one di spute w ith 131 ap ci pre-eminence ; his imitators admire him at a distance' so greatly a s t o ma k e i t i mposs ibl e t h at t h e y s hould P r- r ebP to think o f co pi ng w ith hi m . B oz trou bl es n ot his mons 11e r 9 Jerrold aims not at dethroning him, Leigh Hunt wan -et in another kingdom, and M r . H oo k hi mse lf has assursiPwao of the most friendly esteem from all foreign powe rs ' beca ir he himself never trespasses upon the land 0f other reigns. Gurney Married' is crammed full of Mr. IP ° , it distinguished excellen c e s . Th e c h aracter o f Cutike' o ill one of the author's score of m as t er - p i eces . The or B O assuredly become standard with young 'p en at clu bs colleges." John Cursitor, aged 21, wa s yester day 1 / 1 4) t oef before Mr. Alderman White, at G' a ildh a ll, i n the cu e ' oto; of City policeman Bland, charge,a with stealing ,fi v ;bfel ° ; Bland stated that, as he was on duty yesterday in Sw ett he heard a squabble between the prisoner and 7 0 0 11 ; person about money affairs, and, suspecting all w ,„01 0 ,, right, he stood still for awhile. Whilst he was 1 3 ( 1 t b. another person came up, who immediately colltrgeloai: prisoner and gave him into cust9dy on a charge of : L a, Prosecutor (a Mr. Smith, farmer, at Holloway) on Sunday night last he left his cows, as he tbonfl o oil fectly safe in the cowhouse. He rose on the I° o I s tat.e t, p er morning about five o'clock, and saw the covvh eu re pairs open and the cows gone. As soon as possible be re the to Smithfield-market, and he had not been there me : s iOn i ; an hour when he discovered his cows in the Pes se c ' o te/ the prisoner, and he immediately gave him let ° boir r it o r t l Mr. Charles Brown, a grazier, stated that he wa s ii , o ffe 4 ing with the prisoner for the cows, and had a ctua"ff e d him 45/. for them, which he (the prisoner) s ee e lhiS anxious to close upon, b u t w hi c h, h owever , crest o st, picion, and he was a b ou t t o g i ve t h e pr i son er int°, oo tli t°g, when the prosecut or came up . Th e pr i so ner had - 0 1. to say in his defence, and was full mm'tted for • PLATED CORNER DISHES , „,g 0 11 0 GUINEAS the SET.—A. B. SAVORY and SOll-')ositof faeturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London ,„„ 1 1;10,!:ole! Bank of England), submit f or c h o i ce i n th e i r Plate o , e- 0 . 1 - 1'7,5e) patterns of strongly Plated Corner Dishes, with Si l . ° , es s th e le and Shields, for Engraving, from 7 G u i neas t o 10 G en ,ight of four ;by removing the handles from the covers, w t iop' are formed when required. pplie s N.B. A Pamphlet of the Pri ces n,", Plate may be had s o f tbl GOLD SIGNET R T ANGS.—A great Arar i i et e ton,, if fol Useful and Fashionable RINGS, are kept for Se ' e s aits b e o e te Cornelian, Amethyst, Topaz, and other Real Stones, or f t fi t engraving. Arraoria bearings may be referred t o t tsl,„ ell ,lCeri gratis, and e.lin be engraved by an Artist of g r Air a ' it tchwo T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, Silversmith, and ore' 47, Col%nhill, London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch- ___... I ------- B IR 771 S. --- 101 ,:„ the 1 0 On the 6th inst., at Sutton Courtney, Berksom - ' 0 T. A. Allnutt, Esq., of a son. t e tt, On the Bth inst., the lady of Captain Harvey Til e ' we' ton-place, of a son. , , h , f th e ' At Dunnington Rectory, on the Bth inst., the A- , ° /' oli Thomas Egerton, of a son. ~.-------- tlt , fi I MARRIED. ~i Ter r i ,4 , . On the Bth inst., at Bride Kirk, Cumberland, L° -- e , ',•• M.P., to Caroline, third daughter of William nr ( " , - Csf: Tallantire Hall, in that county. iro aies, ilk On the 20th of September, at Landour, in the Ea st ' 1 th e tain T. Probv Cantley, to Frances, third claufbt er ° se 4 ' Berks. 00 0 ,fr , Anthony Bacon, Esq., of Elcott, in the county o Mr' o u On the sthinst., at Trinity Church, Nev - i;iigt°,_' l3 „ ( 4 1 r of Leadenhall-market, to Sarah Rebecca, second cui-o- tite r Sseii Brand, of Blackman-street, Southwark. S. $. se ° On the 6th inst., at Boughton, Jatr.es third sou of 1 40 bridge, Esq., of Olantigh, Kent, to H arriet, second di ( 0 E d e the Rev. T. Wrighte, Vicar of Boughton. gr • f t On the Bth inst., at St. George 's, Camberwell, met 0 wards, of Ave Maria-lane, to Alaiy Ann, eldest (Wig 004'' late Mr. William Needham, Macclesfield. r . giilefj rc rir On the Bth inst., at Charlton Church, L. ". - Coe' R N., to Emily, only slaughter of the late Lieut enset ----'' R. N. 4 .41 1 • r of DIED. ed e°' fi"%r Ch . At Singapore, on the 31st July, deeply lament SY4 0 plovid Anne, the beloved wife of Geo. Aug. lc h Ie y l e the Bengal Civil Service, in her 22d year. h ide, IV P i On the 26th ult., Mrs. Mary Tomkins, of Bother/11, ii. .„, e , relict of the late Mr. John Tomkins, of the aboverhisin, le r At Leamington, on the 29th ult., Care,ine u1 )-- osfr , daughter of Colonel Gold, C.B. 1 s oh At Edingight, Banffshire, on the 30 • t Sir John -r de ' of Edingight and Balveny. ' inst., " ...., o f S° ll ' - On the ad inst. aged 63 0 , and formerly of Platbridge r" """ • r easlure• , 00 0 On the 4th inst., at p .louse, ....an e , l i za beta, o to Cuttler, Esq., afge :i ... ,amsgate, Caroline .., loir' On the sth ir- ' ss ' • Mr. JO" 1W o f B uc k lers) , ..it., at . Crieh, Derbyshire, ili ch on 0. ..,ury, ?ged 57. ':-/alrila Peters, Ds+ , - , xf• c ldlesesP of Doe' .ie 6th inst., at Turnham-green, ~ -i ~, Er , ,carey Bailiff, Esq., aged 31. On the 7th i ns t., in Regent-street , George Wrigh t, OP Souend, Essex. Swio cl°° ' of On the 7th inst., Thomas Coventry , Esq., of 94' aged 78. Portland place, aged 70. On the Bth inst., Margaret, wife of George Han:moor" 1 ,01 , On the Bth inst., in Blumsden St. Andre`''jif Wilt•hirep f° Barker, of Speen, Berkshire, aged 90. ~ rioire, ° , On the Bth inst., at the Rectory, Tingtith, B ew° t il f Ann Tanqueray, aged 71. t o son 1 At Hackney, on the Bth inst. aged 28, James, s eco nd 00 0 , 4 late Mr. James Hennell, of the same place. „ so t',o 1(1 ' London . Printed and Published by MIIRDO - V in OA 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strands 4 bliddesea.—.Vedstesslay, December 12, 1838.